Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

He described the rumors as "nothing but fabrications propagated by individuals with no expertise in ancient Egyptian civilization ... who scanned the Khafre Pyramid and uncovered what they said ...

“All this information is completely wrong and has no scientific basis,” he stated, adding that Egypt’s ... home to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Sphinx, and other ancient marvels, draws ...